Jewish Music Web Center Announcements

Open Sing -- Judas Maccabaeus by Handel

Zamir Chorale of Boston invites you to its third annual Open Sing
on Sunday, Dec.7, 3:00 pm
at Temple Reyim,
1860 Washington Street., Newton, MA
Featuring choruses from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus and synagogue motets of Italian composer Salamone Rossi, presented by Prof. Joshua Jacobson.
Admission: $10; $8 for students and seniors. Tickets available at the door only.
Scores available for all participants.
Listeners welcome too!

Micha Haran in the Concert Meister Series at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Baruch Performing Arts Center Presents
The Concert Meister Series
Micha Haran
Solo Cellist & Principal Cellist of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for 30 years

Tuesday, November 25th at 7:00 PM

Performing Bach Suite No.1 & Kodaly Cello Sonata Op. 8
at
Engelman Recital Hall
On the South Side of East 25th Street Between Lexington & 3rd avenues
Manhattan, New York

Tickets: $30 -Call +1212.352.3101 or +1866.811.4111 or online
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/149057

Details

Micha Haran, Principal Cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, returns to New York, for a Solo performance at Baruch Performing Arts Center, after 33 years
"The Israeli Cellist is an assertive player with fine technical control and musicianship that runs deep. Both in appearance and sound, he projects an intense concentration that adds greatly to his communicative strength as an artist" The New York Times, Haran's Last Solo Performance in New York

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Live at YIVO: Andy Statman Trio

"Live at YIVO: Andy Statman Trio" on Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00pm.

A Concert with the "Legendary Clarinet and Mandolin Virtuoso Andy Statman fuses Klezmer, Bluegrass & Jazz " at YIVO:
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY
Start Time: Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00pm

CHOIRS AND CANTORS BRING ON THE LIGHT THIS CHANUKAH

Over 200 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December 14, 2008 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival of Choirs. The ninth annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Sunday, December 21, 2008.

“There is nothing as special as seeing the young and the young-at-heart join together in song to celebrate the festival of Chanukah,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein. “We are thrilled to present the ninth annual Festival of Choirs to the New York community.”

Highlights of the concert will include the multigenerational 200-voiced combined choir singing an arrangement of Peter Yarrow’s song (of Peter Paul and Mary fame),“Light One Candle,” and the concert’s finale, “Bring on the Light,” a piece by composer, singer and actor, Danny Maseng, that was commissioned by Congregation Rodeph Sholom for the Festival of Choirs in 2001. Additionally, the combined children’s choir will perform, “Raise up the Menorah” written by Rodeph Sholom musician and congregant, Eliot Bailen and students from the Rodeph Sholom Day School and Religious School.

A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this concert, please call 646-454-3039.

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Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century 2008

Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century
Looks at the State of the Art of Klezmer through Discussion and Performance

On December 16, the Center for Jewish Studies and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center of the CUNY Graduate Center will present Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century. Featuring distinguished klezmer performers, scholars, cultural commentators, and composers, the program includes an afternoon symposium with music (at 3:00 p.m.) and an evening concert (at 7:00 p.m.). This event is part of the Beyond Boundaries Series in Jewish Music, launched by the Center for Jewish Studies in Spring 2008. The series explores aspects of Jewish music from multiple perspectives—geographical, cultural, and musical. The Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets.

The afternoon symposium at 3:00 p.m. will consider the current state of klezmer music and its implications for the 21st century. Moderated by Dr. Marsha Dubrow, resident scholar in Jewish music at the Center for Jewish Studies, the symposium features noted klezmer experts Alicia Svigals, Hankus Netsky, Yale Strom, Joel Rubin, Eve Sicular, Seth Rogovoy, and composer Stephen Dankner. A series of presentations will be followed by eclectic conversations about klezmer as a world-music genre with a long history and an evolving future.



The evening concert at 7:00 p.m. will feature renowned klezmer ethnographer and performing artist Yale Strom and his band Hot Pstromi, joined by illustrious performers from the afternoon symposium. In addition, internationally-acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz will perform Stephen Dankner’s Klezmer Fantasy, a boundary-crossing, contemporary classical work that incorporates various klezmer elements, as well as a work by Strom (The Ram’s Daughter, arranged for cello and piano). Accompanying Haimovitz will be Geoffrey Burlson, a faculty member at Hunter College, CUNY and Princeton University.

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PEY DALID with Special Guests Aryeh Kunstler & Friends

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22nd
DOORS OPEN 8:30pm $12
PEY DALID returns to the cafe with their infectious melodies, heartfelt vocals and grooving rhythms. Ready to uplift your soul! http://www.myspace.com/peydalid
The Jewish Music Cafe
401 9th street (between 6th & 7th Avenues) Park Slope Brooklyn

Cool Jew Artist Showcase at Manhattan JCC

Thu, Nov 20, 2008
7:30 PM
Cool Jew

This "extreme book signing" will celebrate the launch of Cool Jew with an unprecedented concert of New York talent. Lisa will perform spoken word from her book, followed by an artists' showcase. Special guests include Dov Rosenblatt of Blue Fringe, Y Love and Diwon, Rav Shmuel, Chana Rothman, Basya Schecter of Pharoah's Daughter, the Goddess Pearlman of Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, Naomi Less of Jewish Chicks Rock, Sarah Aroeste and her Ladino rock band, Michelle Citrin aka Rosh Hashanah Girl, Yoshie Fruchter, and spoken word performance by poet/novelist/memoirist Matthue Roth. Artists will be available to autograph CDs and books for sale, fun kosher foods will be available, a marketplace will feature Heebster swag, and a charity raffle will raise money for the One Family Fund for Israeli victims of terror.

Free Member
Free Non-Member
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Location: The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. (Program room assignments will be available at the JCC Customer Service Desk, in the lobby of the Samuel Priest Rose Building.)

Lights Celebrate Hanukkah on a PBS Station as Close as Your TV

Lights Celebrate Hanukkah Live in Concert is a high-definition special feature on PBS with a distinguished, diverse and dynamic ensemble of musical performers in celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights. Craig Taubman hosts a musical extravaganza featuring the likes of the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics; cantor/tenor Alberto Mizrahi (first introduced in CANTORS: A FAITH IN SONG); top-selling jazz artist Dave Koz; soulful and dynamic Joshua Nelson; Emmy Award-winning actress Mare Winningham; rising star Michelle Citrin and others.

For Dates and Times, look for your local PBS station here:
http://www.craignco.com/lights/airdates.html

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Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files

J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files
"musical documentary theater experiment" Performance
Eve Sicular & Isle of Klezbos
Start Time: Monday, November 24 at 8:00pm
End Time: Monday, November 24 at 9:30pm
Where: The NEW Dixon Place, main theater space!
161 Chrystie Street (next to, yes: Sammy's Roumanian...)
New York, NY

Judith Wachs of Voice of the Turtle Dies at 70

We are saddened to report that Judith Wachs, the founder of the Voice of the Turtle, the music group devoted to Sephardic music, died in Cambridge, MA on October 9, 2008 of cancer. Starting out first with just one music volume she found at Harvard, Judith painstakingly researched and recreated songs that told the stories of the exile and survival of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century. She interviewed elderly Sephardic people in Israel, and did research at the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem. Her Boston-based group of four, produced recordings such as Balkan Vistas--Spanish Dreams, From the Shores of the Golden Horn, The Sword of the Dove, Bridges of Song:Music of the Spanish Jews of Morocco, and Circle of Fire: A Hanukkah Concert Live! An obituary appeared in the Boston Globe. There is also an interview with Ms. Wachs at RootsWorld http://www.rootsworld.com/interview/vot.html

Sephardic Music Comes to Light

Joel Bresler announces the launch of his website on Sephardic Music: A Century of Recordings, www.sephardicmusic.org. The site chronicles the first 100 years of commercial Sephardic recordings. It includes survey articles on the 78 and modern eras, a comprehensive discography of Sephardic 78s, and a sample of what a future discography of modern-era recordings could look like. Visit this site to learn about Sephardic repertory and performance practices, and hear clips of famous Sephardi singers and musicians. The site provides access to information by label, by song and by artist. There are many images of covers and performers. The site also provides sound recordings divided into time periods. This site will prove especially useful in the years to come to anyone with an interest in music of the Sephardic Jewish community.

Pro Musica Hebraica at Kennedy Center in Washington

Pro Musica Hebraica is devoted to presenting Jewish classical music — much of it lost, forgotten, or rarely performed — in a concert-hall setting. On November 18, 2008, the ARC Ensemble of Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music presents works by Mieczysław Weinberg, Szymon Laks, and Sergei Prokofiev all composed in the aftermath of world war.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Terrace Theater
The Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
7:30 PM
http://promusicahebraica.org/index.html
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MAGEVET CONCERT

Temple Beth Sholom of Stratford and Congregation Sinai of Milford take pleasure in announcing a joint venture – The Magevet Concert.

For those who are asking “Ma Zeh”, or what is Magevet? Magevet is a cappella group that originated at Yale University in the spring of 1993 and has weathered the test of time. Their repertoire spans the Jewish Universe from Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino ballards to Ugandan Jewish tunes.

Sunday, November 16th at 2:00 PM
Temple Beth Sholom 275 Huntington Road, Stratford, Connecticut
Advance Tickets: Adults $12 – Children (ages 4-13) $10 – ages 3 and under (on lap) Free
Advance Order of 10 Tickets - $100 Tickets at Door (ages 4 and above) $15
Contact for reservations: 203-378-6175 or 203-301-0558
Email: info@bethsholomstratford.org or congsinai@aol.com

Please gather your friends and family to join us for an inexpensive and enjoyable afternoon to listen to some of your old favorites, some of what are to become your new favorites and some of them sung like you have never heard before.

New Klezmer Fiddle book released by Ilana Cravitz

Ilana Cravitz has released a new book exploring traditional klezmer music. It's a teaching guide, accompanied by a CD, and helps the student delve into the style of klezmer playing. Seckund and bass parts pull out for handy playing with friends. Cravitz explains bowing techniques, includes a brief history of klezmer, and the modes of each piece. Each of the sixteen tunes has a listening track to help learn performance technique. She also gives suggestions for effective variations and interpretations from the written score. In the appendix is a helpful chart explaining the dance style that goes with the various tunes, a Yiddish glossary and pronunciation guide, a bibliography and a discography. She also gives helpful suggestions about arranging melodies in sets, or groups of tunes that will work well together without a break. This book can be offered by teachers or be used as a self-study for learning klezmer music. This item, published by the music division of Oxford University Press, has a very nice clear and readable print style. The tune selections consist of the currently played repertoire and are intended for intermediate to advanced players who already have a fairly good mastery of general violin technique. This score and CD set is recommended for home use as well as for purchase by college music libraries. The item can be purchased throught the Oxford University Press website.

Amsterdams Synaogaal Koor at Podium Twente in December

Amsterdams Synagogaal Koor
will appear as part of the 11th Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, co-sponsored by the WIZO in December Singer Lucette van den Berg will appear on Dec. 20 singing Yiddish songs, a klezmer workshop will be held on Dec. 21 in the morning at Synagoge Enschede led byAnton Molenaar, and the concert by the choir at noon featuring western chazzanut with choir.

For more information:

zangeres Lucette van den Berg. Van den Berg heeft een uitzonderlijk warme, expressieve stem en een grote passie voor Jiddische muziek. Lucette is met het Jiddische repertoire veelvuldig te zien op grote festivals en in zalen als het Amsterdamse Concertgebouw, Muziekcentrum en Kavehoyz in New York. Zij oogst veel succes met haar openhartige, hartverwarmende en poëtische vertolking van Joodse liederen, een genre dat Lucette beschouwt als haar ‘roots’. In maart 2005 kwam haar debuut-cd ‘Zing shtil/ yiddish songs’ uit die door de pers met veel lof is ontvangen. In 1996 won Lucette dankzij haar poëtische kracht en bijzondere stemgeluid de tweede prijs bij het Euregio Vocalisten Concours.

Geheel in de traditie zal op zondagochtend het koorconcert plaatsvinden. Dit jaar zal het Amsterdams Synagogaal Koor acte de présence geven. Het koor, in 1985 geformeerd ter gelegenheid van het 350-jarig bestaan van de Nederlands Israëlitische Hoofdsynagoge, heeft inmiddels een staat van dienst in haar bijdrage aan de verdere verrijking van de Nederlandse synagoge-cultuur. De West-Europese chazzanut (cantoriale muziek) is de basis voor het repertoire van het Amsterdams Synagogaal Koor; een muziekcultuur waarvoor specifieke kennis van de Joodse liturgie zeker niet noodzakelijk is om de melodieën vol van geloof, liefde en verlangen te waarderen.

locatie Synagoge Enschede
aanvang zondag 21 december 2008 12:00 uur
genre Wereldmuziek
serie - normale prijs € 15,00
jeugd/jongeren € 11,00
65 plus € 12,50

New Yiddish Rep

New Yiddish Rep presents:
Straight from the former Soviet Union
Psoy Oy Oy!!!
At home in the global diaspora, four fun filled evenings of stories, songs and mishigass, with poet-singer-songwriter- performance artist and fellow traveler Psoy Korolenko. To Psoy the Jewish experience is not only a personal story, but also a metaphor of transcultural identity and ultimate otherness. He sings and tumults in English, Russian, French, and Yiddish.
Saturday, November 15th at 10 PM
Saturday, December 13th at 8 PM
Saturday, January 3rd, at 8 PM
Saturday, January 10th at 8 PM

Community Synagogue
325 E. 6th Street
Between 1st and 2nd Avenues
NYC
Trains: F to 2nd Ave., 6 to Astor Place, L to 1st Ave., Q to 8th St.
Admission: Donate as you exit.
Reservations: 917 670-1631 on line: newyiddishrep.org Continue reading "New Yiddish Rep"

A Test of Faith

A Test of Faith, a One-Act Opera
Erev Shabbat
Friday, November 21st, 2008 - 8:00 PM
Free to the Public
Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA

"Test of Faith" is an award-winning one-act opera based on of the Bible's most dramatic stories, the story of the Akedah, the near-sacrifice of Isaac. Renowned opera stars Jonathan Mack and Ron Li-Paz will take the roles of God and Abraham; Jonathan Zur is Isaac. Lawrence Goldberg, the composer, will conduct.

Following the performance, Rabbi Edward Feinstein, Senior Rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom, will engage the composer and the performers in a discussion of the opera and the story of the Akedah, and its impact on world religions.

BORSCHT AND GRITS in MD

BORSCHT AND GRITS COMBINE when Margot leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys perform at Temple Emanuel in Reisterstown, MD, November 23rd.

“Borscht and grits never tasted so good.” That’s a critic’s comment about the magical combination of traditional Yiddish klezmer music with the foot-stompin’ rhythms of bluegrass, as performed by Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys. The internationally acclaimed quintet will present a benefit concert Sunday, Nov. 23rd, at 4 pm, at Temple Emanuel, 909 Berrymans Lane, in Reisterstown.

Playing with the band will be Steve Mandell (who lives in Pikesville), one of the two musicians who did the soundtrack for the Dueling Banjos segment in the film Deliverance. And Mike Munford, a local banjo master is also expected to attend.

Members of the audience will be able to jam with the artists toward the end of the concert, and enjoy a free wine and cheese reception afterwards.

All tickets will be available at Temple Emanuel before the performance. For more information call Linda at 410-521-7461 (or TEconcerttix@gmail.com) Advance general admission: $36; Seniors (60+) $25; Students $15. Day of concert: $5 surcharge. Special group rates are available. To charge tickets on Visa or MasterCard call Linda at 410-521-7461. Checks should be made out to Temple Emanuel (memo line: Klezmer Meets Bluegrass) and mailed or brought to the synagogue, 909 Berrymans Lane, Reisterstown, MD 21136. Continue reading "BORSCHT AND GRITS in MD"

Poykler's Shloft Lied new CD from Matt Temkin

Matt Temkin's Yiddishe Jam Band CD Release Show and Party Wednesday, November 12, 7pm

Join drummer Matt Temkin as he celebrates the release of his band's debut CD, Poykler's Shloft Lied, in which they explore the intersection of large combo Jazz and Yiddish dance music.

The event will take place at:
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
New York, NY 10023.

For information, please call 212-877-4050 or visit us at:
www.swfs.org.

Classical Music in Israel

For those living in or visiting Israel, there is now a website devoted to listing concerts of classical music. This website will prove useful in planning any trip. The site also has links to major Israeli orchestras, choirs, ensembles and some individual performers. The site features a forward looking calendar, a "music-makers" mart where performers can try to match with organizations needing musicians, and a "market-place" which is something of a classified ads section. The site is an outgrowth of the newsletter "Living in Harmony". http://www.classical-music-israel.com/

Guitar Arrangements for Jewish Melodies

Ellen S. Whitaker, a guitar teacher in North Carolina, has created an excellent book of guitar arrangements of Jewish favorite melodies. The book is intended for intermediate to advanced guitar players, with a few easier pieces. It includes a key to the guitar notation used in the work, the texts to the songs in transliteration, occasionally in Hebrew text, with English and an annotation about the meaning of the song along with performance notes about each piece. The guitar music, both solos and duets are presented in a separate section, which is an excellent arrangement of the book for learning and performance. The end of the collection includes an appendix explaining the Jewish modes, a second appendix linking each piece with the mode used, a glossary of each of the musical terms, a bibliography and discography. The thoroughness of this work is to be admired. A student new to Jewish music would gain an enormous amount of insight, and those who are familiar with the songs already will have a set of well done arrangements with suggested performance practice. JMWC recommends this book not only to individuals, but to teachers, schools and colleges for purchase. For more information and to preview some of the arrangements, go to: http://www.lulu.com/content/3660520. To learn more about Ellen Whitaker, view her website at: http://www.ellenwhitakerguitar.com/Home_Page.html

'MUSIJEUNES' in Switzerland

'MUSIJEUNES' organise prochainement un grand week-end KLEZMER:

Vendredi 21 novembre à 20h:
Concert avec: HOTEGEZUGT et la chanteuse Hélène ENGEL
Salle Paroissiale St-François, 16 av. Petit-Senn à Chêne-Bourg
Entrée libre, chapeau la sortie

et

Samedi 22 et dimanche 23 novembre:
ATELIER KLEZMER
ouvert aux musiciens de tous niveaux, animé par Michel Borzykowski (instr. à vent et danse), Pier-Yves Têtu (accordéon), Bianca Favez (violon) et Hélène Engel (chant, danse).

Enseignement par petits groupes samedi de 13h30 à 18h et dimanche de 9h à 15h. Audition des élèves (publique, entrée libre) dimanche à 16h.
Coût: 130.- Frs (110.- pour élèves de l'Accademis d'Archi), 2 repas inclus.
Renseignements:
Michel Borzykowski
Tél. 022 755 41 23
borzy@freesurf.ch
site klezmer: http://borzykowski.users.ch

Yuval Ron Ensemble Fall 2008 Tours

Nov. 4-9, 2008 - Houston, TX : Yuval Ron Ensemble - City wide Residency

Nov. 16, 2008 - San Pedro, CA: Yuval Ron on the Music of the Golden Age of Spain

Dec. 6, 2008 - Arcadia, CA: The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert "Light in the Darkness"

Dec 7, 2008 - Alhambra, CA: Muslim, Jewish and Christian harmony in Spain

details.... Continue reading "Yuval Ron Ensemble Fall 2008 Tours"

Hop to Klezmer Workshops in London

Sunday 9 November 2008
Klezmer Workshop
12 - 1pm
London Klezmer Session
1 - 4pm
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, N1
London klezmer session every second Sunday of the month. Bring an instrument and a tune, or just come to shmooze & booze. The pub does great food and has comfy sofas, too...
Info and tunes http://www.ilanacravitz.com/jams.html .
Next date: Sunday 21 December (NB DATE IS THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH!)
Workshop £5; Jam £1.


Sunday 23 November 2008
5.30 - 9pm
Klezmer Barn Dance
Amersham Common Village Hall, 24 White Lion Road, Amersham HP7 9JD

Come along and dance your socks off at this fun event for grown-ups, kids and all those in-between. With dance leading from Ilana Cravitz and live music from the Hopkele House Band: Susi Evans (clarinet), Matt Bacon (guitar) and Paul Moylan (bass).
Information and bookings: 07879 625850.
Tickets £14 adults, £6 for children under 12; £30 for family (2 adults + 2 children under 12)
First dance: 6pm; food from 6.45pm.
Getting there: http://maps.google.co.uk to Amersham Common Village Hall

Monday 24 November 2008
7.30 - 9.30pm
NEW London Klezmer Orchestra
Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close,
Ladbroke Grove,
London W10 5XL
Join a Klezmer Orchestra that meets every couple of weeks in Ladbroke Grove. Next date: 15 December.
Info: William Millis: e-mail:-williamillis@hotmail.com; 020 8969 7019
Sessions £4 each

From Ladbroke Grove tube: cross over & walk under the motorway to your left-then turn right into Thorpe Close. Look for a balcony & come upstairs. Buses: 7, 15, 23, 52, 295 & 452.

Wednesday 3 December 2008
from 7pm

Winter warmer: klezmer, mulled wine and new books at Pages of Hackney
Pages of Hackney, 70 Lower Clapton Road, London E5
Pop in to Hackney's newest independent bookshop and enjoy live klezmer music with Ilana Cravitz (violin) and James Siverly (accordion), hot drinks and an opportunity to browse the latest titles and buy presents in a convivial environment. Buy Ilana's book and support your local bookseller at the same time!
Free entry



Sunday 25 January 2009
Doors open 7.15pm. First dance at 7.45

Hopkele!
Klezmer dance with live band
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 7AY
The popular klezmer keilidh returns for a third annual jamboree. Guy Schalom leads and teaches Yiddish dances, with Ilana Cravitz on fiddle and the Hopkele House Band. See Hopkele Productions homepage

Tickets £12 full price; £8 concs. Online booking with e-tickets, or postal booking via 0771 494 5971 opens 15 November 2008.

Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy

The Center for Jewish History, the American Society for Jewish Music
and the American Jewish Historical Society present:

Thursday, November 6 at 8:00p.m.

Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy

An encore performance of the recently sold-out program at The Jewish Museum and
part of the city-wide festival Bernstein: The Best of all Possible Worlds.
The concert of mostly unknown Bernstein works on Jewish themes, narrated by Jack
Gottlieb, Bernstein's longtime editor, sheds new light on some of the composer's
more celebrated pieces. A number cut from West Side Story, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,
combined with another piece from an abandoned project with lyrics by Betty Comden
and Adolph Green, reveals a surprising transformation as a choral setting in Hebrew.
Among the other works are world premieres of "A Choral Quilt" (arranged by Gottlieb)
and a song Bernstein wrote in reaction to anti-Semitism. Photographs and video
from the maestro's personal and professional life are also featured.

Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, Heather Buck, Andres
Felipe Aristizabal, the piano duo of Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke, and the Amor
Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary.
This performance made possible by a generous gift from Rosalind Devon and Sandy
Batkin.

Thursday,

November 6

at 8:00p.m.

Bernstein:
A Jewish Legacy

Admission:

$25, including champagne toast immediately following the performance
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For all reservations and inquiries, please call SmartTix

at 212-868-4444

or visit

www.smarttix.com
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Center for Jewish History Programs
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Mark Ben in Paris Concert

LE CENTRE D'ART ET DE CULTURE
HBGPROD- DAVID COHEN & HAIM BERDAH
(Lubavitch Rabbis) Présente avant sa tournée en France
L'évenement Musical de la rentrée

MARK BEN en Concert SHOW CASE

CENTRE RACHI LE 4 NOV 2008
39 RUE BROCA 75005 PARIS
Réservation infoline Pré-Vente Tel:01 42 17 10 38
TARIF 20 € TARIF REDUIT 15 €
en partenariat avec le FSJU jeunesse et les Radio de la Fréquence juive 94.8 FM
RESERVATION PLAN http://www.centre-rachi-art-et-culture.com/page/reservation
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Regina Resnik Presents Covert or Convert

BROADCAST PREMIERE (Metro New York)
Regina Resnik Presents Covert or Convert
~ A powerful expression of the Jewish spirit ~

CUNY TV Channel 75
Monday, October 20, 2008 10 p.m.
For RCN Cableviewers: Channel 77

Regina Resnik, narrator
Darynn Zimmer, soprano
Michael Philip Davis, tenor
Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
Vlad Iftinca, piano
David Leisner, guitar

Directed by Regina Resnik
Conceived and Written by Michael Philip Davis

Regina Resnik Presents Covert or Convert (running time: 58:07) is the second in a three-part series on Jewish classical song entitled Colors of the Diaspora.
Narrated on-screen by operatic legend Regina Resnik, and illuminated by inspired graphics and English subtitles, Covert or Convert pays homage to Jewish composers who converted to Christianity but who wrote on Jewish themes, and the composers who did not convert, but wrote on Jewish themes in secret, often at the risk of their lives. Featuring five U.S. premieres a powerful expression of the Jewish spirit from the 12th century through the Holocaust.

Friends of Danny Concert tour kickoff

Concert
FOD is an acronym for Friends of Danny and the concert tour features many of the musicians who played in bands or jammed with Danny while he was alive, as well as many who never knew him but connect with his story. FODfest is a unique performance format: part song-swap, part jam session, part concert. Most of the participating musicians are meeting for the first time on stage.
Time and PlaceDate:
Friday, October 10, 2008
Time: 7:30pm - 11:00pm
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Street: 14 Castle Street
City/Town: Great Barrington, MA

Since Daniel Pearl’s death, there have been many attempts to honor his memory and legacy, many of which revolve around music, because Daniel was a terrific musician always found other musicians to jam with no matter where he wound up.

Several years ago, a Berkshire based effort called FODFest, which stands for Friends of Daniel, was begun, and from its casual roots as a backyard barbecue it has now grown to a cross-country concert tour, featuring nationally known artists as well as local musicians in each town it performs.

This year’s tour kicks off in Great Barrington on Friday night at the Mahaiwe at 7:30, in a free concert featuring such well known names as the Hunger Mountain Boys, JoAnne Spies, SONiA of Disappear fear, Todd Mack, Chris Merenda, Eliot Osborn, Willie Watkins, and Seth Rogovoy, who worked with Pearl at the Berkshire Eagle for a few short years in the early 1990s. This community-based event is sure to be a musical highlight as well as a spiritual, transcendent experience for audience and musician alike. While admission is free, contributions at the door are welcome.

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free open house

The Workmen's Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be holding a free open house on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7 PM.
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Play wonderful music while making new friends and having a great time!
Free Open house: Tuesday, October 28, from 7-9 PM
Seven paid sessions, Tuesdays at 7 PM: November 4, 11, 18 and 25, December 2, 9 and 16.
* Open to all instrumentalists who play and read music at at least an intermediate level
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation
Single session class fee: $30. Discount for Workmen's Circle members and/or those attending all seven sessions: $180
Sessions will take place at the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33 Street, Manhattan (between Park and Madison).
For more information, please contact Dana Schneider at 212 889-6800 x 271 or email: dschneider@circle.org

Zamir to Perform with Jerusalem Choir in Boston

DATE & TIME:Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. LOCATION:The Fenway Center at Northeastern University (corner St. Stephen and Gainsborough Streets), Boston, MA COST:NU Students with ID free; Adults: $20. To buy tickets: www.gonu.com/tickets/

Northeastern University will present the only Boston appearance by the renowned Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir, under the direction of Prof. Stanley Sperber. The Academy Choir, now in its 40th season, iis considered one of Israel's finest vocal ensembles, performing frequently with the Israel Philharmonic and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. This will be the first concert on the choir's American tour. Also on the program will be the Northeastern University Chamber Chorus and the Zamir Chorale of Boston, conducted by Prof. Joshua Jacobson. The program includes Daniel Pinkham's Wedding Cantata, Yehezkel Braun's Song of Songs, and other works by American and Israeli composers.

In a grand finale the three choirs will join forces, over one hundred voices strong.

For more information, call (617) 373-2671.